Where does “kittan” come from?

kittan (Central Semitic) comes from Swahili kitu, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀.

Ancestry of “kittan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilikituthing
2Proto-Bantukɪ̀ntʊ̀thing, object
3Proto-Bantu*-ntʊ̀—

Words derived from “kittan”

Every word from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ →Every word from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Swahili kitu →